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• larva — [lär′və] n. pl. larvae [lär′vē΄] or larvas [L, ghost, specter, akin to lar, household spirit: see LARES] the early, free living, immature form of any animal that changes structurally when it becomes an adult, usually by a complex metamorphosis… …   English World dictionary

• Frog — For other uses, see Frog (disambiguation). Frogs Temporal range: Triassic–present …   Wikipedia

• larva — /lahr veuh/, n., pl. larvae / vee/. 1. Entomol. the immature, wingless, feeding stage of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis. See illus. under metamorphosis. 2. any animal in an analogous immature form. 3. the young of any… …   Universalium

• frog spit — Cuckoo Cuck oo (k[oo^]k [=oo]), n. [OE. coccou, cukkow, F. coucou, prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. cuculus, Gr. ????, Skr. k?ki?a, G. kuckuk, D. koekoek.] (Zo[ o]l.) A bird belonging to {Cuculus}, {Coccyzus}, and several allied genera, of many… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• larva — noun (plural larvae; also larvas) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, specter, mask; akin to Latin lar Lar Date: 1768 1. the immature, wingless, and often wormlike feeding form that hatches from the egg of many insects, alters chiefly in size while …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• larva — 1. The wormlike developmental stage or stages of an insect or helminth that are markedly different from the adult and undergo subsequent metamorphosis; a grub, maggot, or caterpillar. 2. The second stage in the life cycle of a tick; the …   Medical dictionary

• larva —    (plural larvae)    An active immature stage in an animal’s life history when its form usually differs from the adult form, such as the grub stage in the development of a beetle or the tadpole stage in the life history of a frog [23].    See… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• Wood frog — Wood Wood, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG. witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.] [1913 Webster] 1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; frequently …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Leaf frog — Leaf Leaf (l[=e]f), n.; pl. {Leaves} (l[=e]vz). [OE. leef, lef, leaf, AS. le[ a]f; akin to S. l[=o]f, OFries. laf, D. loof foliage, G. laub, OHG. loub leaf, foliage, Icel. lauf, Sw. l[ o]f, Dan. l[ o]v, Goth. laufs; cf. Lith. lapas. Cf. {Lodge}.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Mud frog — Mud Mud (m[u^]d), n. [Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder mold, OSw. modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf. {Mother} a scum on liquors.] Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive. [1913 Webster] {Mud bass} (Zo[ o]l.), a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• froghopper — /frog hop euhr, frawg /, n. any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cercopidae, which in the immature stages live in a spittlelike secretion on plants. Also called spittle insect, spittlebug. [1705 15; FROG1 + HOPPER] * * * ▪… …   Universalium